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A review by flamepea
You Have the Right to Remain Innocent by James Duane
3.0
This book was very insightful and I think is very relevant to adolescents to adults. Most of my ideas of interrogations/interviews with police have been from the media or common misconceptions. Although this sounds very obvious this book delves a lot deeper and I am referring to innocent people accidentally incriminating themselves. This book also touches on the failure of the justice system but mainly is on the corruption of police/human mistakes they can make to ‘proving’ someone guilty.
Summary for personal use:
1. Do not answer any questions except what is required and relating to the situation. If it is irrelevant or referring to the past or even blatantly asking you if something from the crime scene is related to you use your right to remain silent. Do not be a mute or specifically say “I am using my right to remain silent in Section 8 (Australia) so I do not accidentally incriminate myself.” Just say “No comment.”
2. Ask for a lawyer, simply say “I want a lawyer.” No being polite as they will brush off your request and even if they attempt to question you after asking for a lawyer they are required under the law to stop eventually.
Although this book was very useful I did not rate it 4-5 stars as there were extensive amounts of examples that made the book feel slower. If you’re interested in more a quick to point or summary of the book I would recommend the first review however I still really enjoyed the book.
Summary for personal use:
1. Do not answer any questions except what is required and relating to the situation. If it is irrelevant or referring to the past or even blatantly asking you if something from the crime scene is related to you use your right to remain silent. Do not be a mute or specifically say “I am using my right to remain silent in Section 8 (Australia) so I do not accidentally incriminate myself.” Just say “No comment.”
2. Ask for a lawyer, simply say “I want a lawyer.” No being polite as they will brush off your request and even if they attempt to question you after asking for a lawyer they are required under the law to stop eventually.
Although this book was very useful I did not rate it 4-5 stars as there were extensive amounts of examples that made the book feel slower. If you’re interested in more a quick to point or summary of the book I would recommend the first review however I still really enjoyed the book.